A job fair for Market Basket employees has become the latest site of protests, three weeks into the standoff between workers and the company's board of directors.

A job fair for Market Basket employees has become the latest site of protests, three weeks into the standoff between workers and the company's board of directors.

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Updated: 12:01 AM EDT Aug 5, 2014

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WEBVTT SHOWED UP. AS HEATHER HAMEL REPORTS LIVE, IT SEEMS THAT THE SOLIDARITY THE EMPLOYEES HAS HASN'T WAIVERRED. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT MARKET BASKET YOU GO TO, THE MESSAGE IS THE SAME. HERE IN MANCHESTER, TAKE A LOOK AT THE WINDOWS, THEY ALL WANT ARTHUR T. BACK, AND THE GIRAFFE THAT YOU SEE SIGNIFIES THAT THEY ARE STICKING THEIR NECKS OUT. THEY ARE EVEN PUTTING THEIR JOBS ON THE LINE, AND THOSE SENTIMENTS RANG TRUE IN ANDOVER AS PEOPLE ONCE AGAIN PICKETED FOR THEIR CAUSE. MARKET BASKET EMPLOYEES PICKETING AS THE VERY JOBS SOME OF THEM HELD HUNG IN THE BALANCE. A JOB FAIR WAS HELD JUST A FEW HUNDRED FEET AWAY FROM THEIR PROTEST. THEY CAN TRY ALL THE JOB FAIRS THEY WANT. THE COMPANY'S C.E.O.S GAVE AN ULTIMATUM LAST WEEK. IF IT WASN'T BUSINESS AS USUAL, SOME WORKERS MAY BE REPLACED. CURRENT MARKET BASKET EMPLOYEES GET FIRST DIBBS ON THE POSITIONS. I DON'T SEE HOW ANYBODY, ESPECIALLY TODAY, HOW ANYBODY CAN GO AFTER SOMEBODY'S JOB THEY WORK WITH. HOW DO YOU LOOK YOURSELF IN THE MIRROR AND SAY I'M GOING AFTER YOUR JOB. I THINK THERE'S TOO MUCH LOYALTY AND FAMILY. A SPOKESMAN SAID THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN SHOWING UP TO WORK ON A DAILY BASIS HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. BUT THE C.E.O.S WANT PRODUCT ON THE SHELVES AND EMPLOYEES BACK TO FULL PRODUCTIVITY. ONE MAN DID GET BOOED, BUT THE GROUP ALLOWED CARS TO DRIVE IN AND OUT. AS A SAFETY PRECAUTION, THE C.E.O. SET UP AN E-MAIL ADDRESS FOR THOSE WHO FELT UNCOMFORTABLE APPLYING THE PERSON. THERE'S BEEN NO PROBLEMS, NO VIOLENCE. THAT'S NOT THE MARKET BASKET WAY. SOME PEOPLE FEEL THREATENED BY THE FACT THAT WE'RE ALL PROTESTING HERE, BUT WE'RE NOT HERE TO KILL ANYBODY. THEY SAY THEY ARE JUST STANDING UP FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, COMMUNITIES THAT DEPEND ON MARKET BASKET, AND IF THEY WANT TO CRIPPLE COMMUNITIES AROUND NEW ENGLAND, THEN I HOPE THEY SLEEP GOOD AT NIGHT, BECAUSE I WOULDN'T. TODAY'S JOB FAIR AND THE ONE TOMORROW ARE FOR CURRENT EMPLOYEES. HOWEVER ON WEDNESDAY THE JOB FAIR WILL BE OPEN

Protests continue at Market Basket

A job fair for Market Basket employees has become the latest site of protests, three weeks into the standoff between workers and the company's board of directors.